Mid-Year 2023 Lists (Best of 2023 ... So Far) • Page 3

Fireworks
Fall Out Boy
boygenius
Caroline Polachek
Enter Shikari
The Japanese House
Miniature Tigers
Lana Del Rey
The National
Indigo De Souza
Foo Fighters
Lil Yachty
Scaring the Hoes
Rebecca Black

Looking forward to Vagabon, Boys Like Girls, The Maine, Bombay Bicycle Club, and The Bravery (?)

 

Copypasting from the Article Discussion thread. For the first time I have an ongoing list I'm updating each time there's a 2023 release I love so much I consider it an AOTY contender, and so far it looks like this:

Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Paramore - This Is Why
Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors
Kelela - Raven
Spangle call Lilli line - Ampersand
Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus
Rebecca Black - Let Her Burn
Skrillex - Quest for Fire
Daughter - Stereo Mind Game
Tim Hecker - No Highs
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Snakehips - never worry
yunè pinku - BABYLON IX
Kesha - Gag Order
Aural Vampire - 鰐
Phoxjaw - notverynicecream
UJU - The Sun Is in Our Eyes
Ehla - Pause
Amaarae - Fountain Baby
Night Tapes - Perfect Kindness
8485 - Personal Protocol
Donna Missal - Revel

It's been an interesting year for music. Not many of my faves are releasing album and if they are, these haven't been AOTY great. That means I have more opportunities to go out of my comfort zone by checking artists in other genres and who are less popular, stumbling upon hidden gems in the process.

 

Fall Out Boy - So Much (for) Stardust

Lauren Daigle - Lauren Daigle
Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance Revisited
100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
Paramore - This is Why
The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein
The Japanese House - In the End It Always Does
Rebecca Black - Let Her Burn

That’s a pretty solid start to the year music-wise for me. Don’t need much more to have a real good EOTY list. No good at paying attention to upcoming shit, but the new singles by Olivia Rodrigo and Taking Back Sunday are both real good imo.

 

Here's what I have on my list at the moment:

 

Jyocho - As The God's Say (EP)
Kota The Friend & Statik Selektah - To See A Sunset
Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
Kenny Barron - The Source
Dreyton Farley - Twenty On High

Honorable Mention: Ryo Fuki - Scenery, a 1976 album I discovered.

 

Adding:

Jeromes Dream - The Gray In Between
Loma Prieta - Last

 

Most listened to thus far.

 

Looking at all these lists reminds me that I’ve only listened to Paramore, Foo Fighters, Lies, and FOB’s new albums. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any other 2023 albums I’ve listened to, let alone also really liked haha.

 

1. Home Is Where - The Whaler
2. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
3. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
4. Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance Revisited
5. boygenius - The Record
6. Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
7. Manchester Orchestra - The Valley of Vision
8. Origami Angel - The Brightest Days
9. Lies - LIES
10. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

 

1. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
2. Paramore - This Is Why
3. Fall Out Boy - So Much (for) Stardust
4. Boygenius - the record
5. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
6. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
7. Skrillex - Quest For Fire
8. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
9. 100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs
10. The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein

Pretty slow year for me so far

 

Similar stuff to what I posted, have you listened to the Raye album? Feels up your alley

 

I have not! I’ll check it out

 

Same sonic world as Dua Lipa plus more hip hop/R&B and so many hooks

 

some of my favs from this year

Pierce The Veil - The Jaws Of Life
Story Of The Year - Tear Me To Pieces
Atmosphere - So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously
The Bouncing Souls - Ten Stories High
Arrows In Action - Built To Last
Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust
Trophy Eyes - Suicide And Sunshine
Redhook - Postcard From A Living Hell
Emarosa - Sting
Nothing, Nowhere. - Void Eternal
Dead Bundy - Held Back
Honey Revenge - Retrovision
The Amity Affliction - Not Without My Ghosts
Tightwire - Head Full Of Snakes
McFly - Power To Play
The Aces - I've Loved You For So Long

 

My top ten is probably something like this:

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
Wednesday - Rat Saw God
Narrow Head - Moments of Clarity
Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
White Reaper - Asking for a Ride
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
Sigur Rós - ÁTTA
boygenius - the record
Fucked Up - One Day
Margo Price - Strays

But really it's the first two albums way out in front, with Wednesday and Isbell essentially tied for my favorite, and then everything else is pretty equal. Great year so far!

 

My favs so far, in no order:

Ava Max - Diamonds and Dancefloors
RAYE - My 21st Century Blues
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn into You
Meet Me @ The Altar - Past // Present // Future
100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
DMA’S - How Many Dreams?
Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
Jessie Ware - That! Feels! Good!
The Dirty Nil - Free Rein to Passions
Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does

 

The 38 Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Updated

 

I'm dying at the RIYLs on here.

 

• Bdrmm - I Don't Know Why
• The Japanese House - In the End It Always Does
• Youth Lagoon - Heaven is a Junkyard
• Stik Figa & The Expert - Ritual
• SUN ORGAN - Candlelight Showertime